Mayhem continues on Dalal Street as the Sensex is down 219.74 points or 0.8 percent at 25647.21. The Nifty slips 59.95 points or 0.8 percent at 7768.50. About 791 shares have advanced, 1627 shares declined, and 138 shares are unchanged.

Meanwhile, Indian companies have garnered close to Rs 3 lakh crore from the markets in the first half of the ongoing fiscal with debt market emerging as the most preferred route for their corporate needs.

An analysis of funds raised through various channels showed that companies have mopped up fresh capital totalling Rs 2,90,470 crore through equity and debt in the first half of the current fiscal.

A large chunk of this, more than Rs 2.44 lakh crore came from the debt market, while Rs 46,197 crore were mobilised through equity.

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Sensex, Nifty remain sluggish; Bharti, Reliance, Axis rise

Coal India, Axis Bank, Tata Steel, Reliance and Bharti Airtel are top gainers while Vedanta, ONGC, TCS, Cipla and Hindalco are major losers in the Sensex.

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Sensex, Nifty crack 1%; Vedanta, Cipla, L&T major laggardsRead More »

Coal India, Tata Steel, Axis Bank and GAIL are top gainers in the Sensex while Vedanta, ONG, TCS, Cipla and L&T are top gainers.

The market continues to skid further as selling pressure mounts on. The Sensex is down 261.29 points or 1 percent at 25605.66, and the Nifty is down 80 points or 1 percent at 7748.45. About 656 shares have advanced, 1418 shares declined, and 128 shares are unchanged.